# Cannot source /etc/lsb-release **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** ubuntu\ **Created:** [September 27, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787 "2021-09-27T17:04:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/1 "2021-09-27T17:04:24Z")
Hi, I’m banging my head trying to make this simple statement work: - name: Get Ubuntu version definitions ansible.builtin.shell: source /etc/lsb-release But whatever I do I get this: TASK [Get Ubuntu version definitions] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [server1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: true, “cmd”: “source /etc/lsb-release”, “delta”: “0:00:00.002579”, “end”: “2021-09-27 17:02:32.565396”, “msg”: “non-zero return code”, “rc”: 127, “start”: “2021-09-27 17:02:32.562817”, “stderr”: “/bin/sh: 1: source: not found”, “stderr\_lines”: [“/bin/sh: 1: source: not found”], “stdout”: “”, “stdout\_lines”: } This is most likely because I run at elevated permissions. What can I do in order to make this work? TIA ---
**Author:** ![harry\_devine](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/harry_devine/32/5293_2.png) [@harry\_devine](https://forum.ansible.com/u/harry_devine)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/2 "2021-09-27T17:09:38Z")
You should use the full path to the source executable. “which source” should give you that. Harry ---
**Author:** ![Sandip\_Bhattacharya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sandip\_Bhattacharya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sandip_Bhattacharya)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/3 "2021-09-27T17:11:15Z")
source is a bash built-in command. There is no executable. You can try "bash -c ‘source /etc/lsb-release’ " HTH, Sandip ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/4 "2021-09-27T17:14:19Z")
Exactly. which source gives nothing. If I run the command at non-elevated level I get useful results and the environment is filled source /etc/lsb-release echo $DISTRIB\_CODENAME bionic sudo source /etc/lsb-release [sudo] password for ubuntu: sudo: source: command not found So it is a matter of elevated access level, but I just don’t know how to run that at lower level… ---
**Author:** ![Sandip\_Bhattacharya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sandip\_Bhattacharya](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Sandip_Bhattacharya)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/5 "2021-09-27T17:20:05Z")
This won't work for you? $ sudo bash -c 'source /etc/lsb-release; echo $DISTRIB\_CODENAME' focal ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/6 "2021-09-27T17:51:33Z")
What is the purpose of this task? I.e. What are you trying to achieve? ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/7 "2021-09-27T18:02:42Z")
Hmm. Was posting the solution already, but it doesn’t appear here… OK, @Sandip solved it: - name: Install Kurento Media Server - Get Ubuntu version definitions and add repository to apt ansible.builtin.shell: | source /etc/lsb-release tee “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kurento.list” \>/dev/null \<\ **Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/8 "2021-09-27T18:13:41Z") The information you are looking for is already available when the fact gathering is done. No need for kludgy shell pipes/source/tee/etc. Also there is a dedicated module for what you want. Just 3 lines should be enough: - ansible.builtin.apt\_repository:     repo: "[arch=amd64] [http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0](http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0) {{ ansible\_distribution\_release }} kms6"     filename: kurento ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/9 "2021-09-28T12:33:49Z")
This does not work for me. - ansible.builtin.apt\_repository: repo: “[arch=amd64] [http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0](http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0) {{ ansible\_distribution\_release }} kms6” filename: kurento ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/10 "2021-09-28T12:41:35Z")
TASK [bla] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* fatal: [server1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Invalid repository string: [arch=amd64] [http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0](http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0) bionic kms6”} ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/11 "2021-09-28T12:49:02Z")
Find out what it should be and adjust the repo value ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/12 "2021-09-28T12:51:12Z")
Sorry, responded on another thread. These groups are ugly. Well, this works: - name: Install Kurento Media Server - Get Ubuntu version definitions and add repository to apt ansible.builtin.shell: | source /etc/lsb-release tee “/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kurento.list” \>/dev/null \<\ **Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/13 "2021-09-28T12:54:42Z") Seems, {{ansible\_distribution\_release }}} rendes “Releasebionic”, which is not ok in this case ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/14 "2021-09-28T12:56:59Z")
Hmm. No. Forget about my last comment. It renders “bionic”, but even if I hardcode “bionic” the error is: fatal: [server1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Invalid repository string: [arch=amd64] [http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0](http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0) bionic kms6”} Anyway, disregard please. I’m fine with the other solution. ---
**Author:** ![Neil\_Young](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Neil\_Young](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Neil_Young)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/15 "2021-09-28T12:58:21Z")
Have it. “deb” was missing in the string: - name: Install Kurento Media Server ansible.builtin.apt\_repository: repo: “deb [arch=amd64] [http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0](http://ubuntu.openvidu.io/6.16.0) bionic kms6” filename: kurento Worx ---
**Author:** ![dulhaver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dulhaver/32/1061_2.png) [@dulhaver](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dulhaver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/16 "2021-10-05T12:20:24Z")
I have targets who have set a user pw to expire and I want to switch the expiration off with `sudo chage -l stepuser`. this seems to work with a task like this: - name: switch off pw expiration for stepuser shell: cmd: chage -M -1 stepuser become: yes Beind quite new to ansible I am wondering whether this is the right approach for such or anything else would be more suitable way (I can not identify any convincing paramter in the user module though)? ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/17 "2021-10-05T12:35:02Z")
[https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user\_module.html#parameter-expires](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user_module.html#parameter-expires) is pretty convincing to me. See the 3rd last example on that page: - name: Starting at Ansible 2.6, modify user, remove expiry time   ansible.builtin.user:     name: james18     expires: -1 ---
**Author:** ![dulhaver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dulhaver/32/1061_2.png) [@dulhaver](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dulhaver)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/18 "2021-10-05T13:13:58Z")
thx for the feedback > [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user\_module.html#parameter-expires](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/ansible/builtin/user_module.html#parameter-expires) > is pretty convincing to me. > See the 3rd last example on that page: > > - name: Starting at Ansible 2.6, modify user, remove expiry time >   ansible.builtin.user: >     name: james18 >     expires: -1 that sounds right, however I seem to be unable to make it work and can't really see what the problem is [https://paste.debian.net/1214375/](https://paste.debian.net/1214375/) ---
**Author:** ![Dick\_Visser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@Dick\_Visser](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Dick_Visser)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/19 "2021-10-05T13:55:38Z")
what does your entire playbook look like? And the inventory? I see this in the snippet: Failed to connect to the host via ssh that is a problem.... ---
**Author:** ![dulhaver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/dulhaver/32/1061_2.png) [@dulhaver](https://forum.ansible.com/u/dulhaver)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/cannot-source-etc-lsb-release/35787/20 "2021-10-07T11:18:02Z")
> what does your entire playbook look like? And the inventory? > > I see this in the snippet: > > Failed to connect to the host via ssh sorry, I can't exactly reconstruct what the problem was. It works now with: > - tasks: > - name: switch off pw expiration >    user: >      name: [username] >      expires: -1 >    become: yes >        > thx and sorry for the false alarm > Gunnar